Mini Spinach Dip Bread Bowls

Oh my…these are addictive. Not surprising, I suppose. What’s not to love about crusty French bread cups filled with warm, cheesy spinach dip? No one will ever guess these are light. I had trouble deciding how to categorize these because they’d be great for so many different occasions: party appetizer, game day finger food, vegetarian main dish, side dish for chicken or beef, the list goes on. Whatever you end up using these for and however you choose to serve them, you will love these. Yes, you. Now hurry up and go make them!

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350. Lightly mist 10 cups in a muffin tin with cooking spray.

Open the package of French bread dough and lay the roll of dough on a clean, dry surface. Using a sharp knife, cut the dough into 10 equal rounds, about an inch thick. Using your hands, press the dough pieces into 3” flat rounds. Press each round into a prepared cup in the muffin tin, forming the dough into a bowl shape and pressing it up the sides. Set aside.

In a medium skillet, bring the oil to medium heat and add spinach. Stir the spinach until wilted, about 3 minutes, and then add the garlic. Cook for another minutes until garlic is fragrant and then remove from heat.

We just made ate these with our weight watchers friendly valentines dinner and they were amazing. My husband loves them. I actually got 11 equal servings out of my french loaf, still 4 points though when I used the recipe builder but we get one extra serving to enjoy. Thank you as always for the amazing recipes!

I just found your site through a weight loss surgery forum. I’m really glad you have this site. I’m going to be using the muffin/cupcake recipes once I can eat “real” food again since I will be very limited in portion size. My husband and daughter can just have 2 or 3, while I have one. I really think your recipes will be a godsend once I’m back to making food for everyone and will be a big help in my journey to a healthy life. Thanks so much. Keep ‘em coming!This one might be the party recipe. My entire family loves spinach dip, including me, and can eat through quarts of it at a party. But, i can use it to control how much I personally eat.

I had the ingredients to make these and then needed a sweet for a brunch. I layered the dough spread with cream cheese, sugar free apple pie filling, and shredded fine shredded mozzarella cheese. Baked as directed and they were a huge hit.